A Strategy for monitoring and assessment to support water resources management

 

 

Compiled by J Moolman, IWQS 21 Feb 2000

Boundaries/Cadastral

international

provincial

magisterial districts

local authorities

district council

TLC's

catchment/drainage areas

catchment management areas

farms + portions (including last 100 years)

building registration districts

registration districts

Government Water Control Areas

Water Board Control Areas

irrigation districts

surveyor general survey diagrams

DWAF project areas

1:50 000 map sheet boundaries

1:250 000 map sheet boundaries

1:500 000 map sheet boundaries

Climate

rainfall

rainfall stations

evaporation

temperature

wind

climate zones of South Africa

Demography

census

population projections/growth

population distribution/density

poverty indexes

economic information

population by income levels

rural/urban/peri-urban

community income

levels of water and sanitation services

Ecological

species distribution

animal habitat

existing macro-invertebrate monitoring sites

macro-invertebrate data (SASS)

fish

exotic species - flora and fauna

riparian vegetation

ecoregions

bioregions

Aquatic weeds

Species diversity

Geology + Geohydrology

lithology

structure

stratigraphy

geophysical

geochemical

palaeontology

aquifers

types

thickness

recharge

potential

vulnerability

mineral occurrences

construction material occurrences

mineral rights ownership

Geomorphology

longitudinal geomorphological river zones

channel condition

channel morphology

Hydrology

median annual simulated runoff

measurements of daily flow

coefficient of variation of annual simulated runoff

simulated MAR per quaternary drainage region

simulated monthly flow volumes per quaternary catchment

levels of assurance of defined flows

coefficients of variation - annual, seasonal monthly, daily

index of baseflow contribution

hydrologic zones

water status map

flood lines

flood peaks

flood history

irrigation potential

flow data

volumes

dam levels

transfer schemes

groundwater

static water level contour map

borehole yields

stream order

river source distance

Infrastructure

roads

bridges

railways

towns + cities

settlements

powerlines

existing telemetry corridors

telephone lines

existing servitudes

emergency services

UHF + HF radio network

refuse/waste disposal sites

location of clinics + creches

factories

aspect

Land Cover + Land Use

satellite imagery

aerial photographs

orthophotos

land use

present

potential

dense bush

plain bush

alien vegetation

forest

indigenous

composition type

age class

commercial

age class

species type

secondary processing

prices

production volumes

non-timber forest types

communities around forests

community forestry projects

urban forestry (streets + parks)

provincial

national

woodlots

cultivated areas

conservation areas

agriculture

industrial

mines

underground workings

mine dumps + slimes dams

rural settlements

vegetation

Low + Rebello

Acocks

Rutherford + Westfall

veld type distribution

bare surface

grasslands

grave sites

Legal/Administrative

deeds

land ownership

mineral rights ownership

water rights

water allocation permits

Pedology

soil maps

soil profiles

soil texture

Topography

elevation

DTM

contour maps

trig beacons

slopes

physiographic regions

terrain morphology

altitude zones

channel slope

catchment relief

Water Infrastructure

rivers

abstraction points

discharge points

monitoring points

flow gauging stations

type of measuring structure

upstream catchment area

start date

boreholes

water care works

dams

locations

drawings

foundation

capacity

surface area volume relationship

date built

design parameters

recreation zoning

bathymetry

sediment surveys

canals

pipelines

pump locations

springs

pans

existing + proposed DWAF schemes

weirs

flood control

voice + telemetry schemes

municipal water schemes

service coverage

Water Quality

pollution distribution

water chemistry regions

monitoring programme information

DWAF Water Quality Guidelines

chemical data

major inorganic constituents

minor inorganic constituents

organics

nutrients

microbiological data

physical data

temperature

oxygen

turbidity

suspended solids

radioactivity

toxics

erosion and sedimentation

groundwater quality

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DWAF (various directorates)

Dir: Institute for Water Quality Studies (IWQS)

Dir: Geomatics

Dir: Hydrology

Dir: Project Planning

Dir: Geohydrology

Dir: Social and Ecological Services-Department of Water and Sanitation

Institute for Water Research - Rhodes University

Water Research Commission

Council for Geoscience

Chief Directorate of Surveys and Land Information - Department of Land Affairs

Computing Centre for Water Research - CCWR - c/o University of Natal

Weather Bureau

CSIR - Satellite Application Centre, Mikomtek